Evening dress etiquette and standards in late era menswear
Haberdashers outline the proper evening dress, promoting the evening coat or jacket as appropriate, condemning dinner jackets in most social settings. The guidance stresses a single standard: plain shirt, white or black waistcoat, and avoid personal deviations. It cautions against mixing white ties with jackets and urges adherence to conventional formal attire.
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Nate
Anna
Haberdashers
Haberdasher
Batho Slippers to campaign as a trotter in 1901
The Turf Record notes Batho Slippers will be campaigned as a trotter in 1901. Ed Geors expects The Abbot to set a 2,014% record. The report also covers ownership changes, prize money, and recent performances of pacers including Easter Girl and The Ree tor, with trainer updates and notable race times across locations from Atlantic City to Bethlehem.
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Ed Geors
A. EE
Tyson
Wilmington
Del
Forrest Horr
Damera T
Domincer
Josephine Young
Joe Patchen
St Nice
Easter Girl
W. T. Smith
Atlantic City
Charger Wilkes
Lizale B
The Glass of Fashion Fashion Trends 1900
A vintage look at spring styles features point d Arabic laces on abades for dress trims and buckles on velvet ribbon. Fluffy plaited hems and tucks add shape to thin gowns while baggy dust coats in black taffeta offer warmth. Louis XV coats in plain taffeta or brocaded silk promise spring flair, with lace collars and wide reveres. The 1900 United States Department of Agriculture yearbook is in press for distribution about this year.
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Jace
United States Department of Agriculture
Tattered Women and New Tattoo Craze in Fashion
A New York Sun report details the rising popularity of tattooing among fashionable women, with Japanese designs and colored inks becoming mainstream. It notes rapid tattooing trends, favored motifs like snakes and butterflies, and the influence of tattoo artists visiting affluent homes.
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Falnt
Tefanus Pishlen
York
New York
New Idea Promotes Urban Vegetable Gardens in Parks
The New York Evening Post reports Chicago women back a plan to plant vegetable patches in city parks for children to learn how common crops grow. The scheme envisions park gardeners tending plots with corn, wheat, rye, buckwheat, turnips, onions, pumpkins, and squashes to demonstrate agricultural processes.
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Chicago
Eity
New York Evening Post
Toro Ladies of Honor Coronation Bridesmaids Still Alive
Two bridesmaids who once served Queen Victoria survive. One spends most of year at Upper Brook Street while the other, advanced in age, enjoys travel. Baroness Burdett Coutts, aged eighty seven, observed the 1888 coronation and 1897 diamond jubilee processions from Piccadilly.
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Toro
Queen Victoria
Jane Duiice
Duchess of Cleveland
Lord Rosebery
Upper Brook Street
Burdett-Coutts
Piccadilly
Proved Her Anulty Given Charleston Speech on Exposition Funds
Mrs. Andrew Simonds of Charleston, president of the women's board of the Southern Industrial exposition, proved her ability to meet the honored position. She addressed a mass meeting in Charleston, admitting diffidence in speaking publicly and delivering a witty, practical talk on methods of raising money for the exposition building expenses.
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Andrew Simonds
Charleston
Blo
Ear piercing fashion among French mothers
The current Paris trend favors non pierced ears with small pearl studs noted as stylish. Many mothers choose not to pierce their daughters ears, reflecting a shift away from hanging earrings among well dressed French women.
Have Went and Gone In a Schoolroom Joke
A humorous exchange describes a boy who insists on saying have went. The teacher assigns him to write have wane fifty times while out of the room. Upon return, the boy presents a paper reading have gone fifty times and I have went home, reflecting a playful framing of language errors.
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Christian Endeavor World
Tier Observing Exe
An exchange from the Chicago Record-Herald features a wife hinting she will not be accorded simple companionship after marriage. The husband replies that he will always lead, mirroring common domestic dynamics cited in period society.
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Chicago
In Time of Peril Pirate Chief Rally Speech
A fragment from a 19th century style text shows pirate leaders urging slaves to arm themselves and prepare for action. The dialogue features a lieutenant chief questioning the plan and Pirow chief declaring a mission to fry that blooming cooks in a sensational, period voice.
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Pirow
New York
Finian cier and whiskers spark small town jokes
A quirky clipping blends humor about a barber fearing whiskers with anecdotes about a financier and a lively account of Thomas Jefferson as a letter writer. Tales touch on free speech, hatreds, and the quirks of early American letters.
Raven's Poultry Food Advertises Disease Cure
Poultry product Raven's Poultry Food is advertised as a positive cure for chicken diseases including choler and gapes. It claims to regulate bowels blood and digestion while boosting bone and muscle growth and winter egg laying. Sold by Franz Hagenstein in Ackley Iowa.
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Raven's
Franz Hagenstein
Ackley
Iowa
Frantz Hagenstein
Extremely Sou. Mrs Nexdore Purchases Mastery to Play
A garbled crowd of phrases notes a mother named Nexdore buying music for her daughter and expecting quick mastery. It mentions the Boston man who married a rich young woman and a police purchase of a man named Brummel for embezzlement.
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Nexdore
Pepprey
Philadelpha Press
Boston
Dr King
Atc. F
Mail Carrier Credits Electric Bitters Cure
Levanna Ohio resident Burnett Mann recalls years of kidney trouble with back pains and fatigue before using Electric Bitters. He reports six bottles cured him and restored energy. Ad claims benefits for stomach liver kidneys and bowels with guaranteed satisfaction by C F Pfander. London police cost 8,100,000. Paris and Berlin figures incomplete. Berlin officers noted as retired Prussian soldiers.
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Ila
Burnett Mann
Levanna
C. F. Pfander
London
Paris
Berlin
Rheumatism and Cod Liver Oil Emulsion Claim
The ad asserts rheumatism has no universal cure and promotes Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a remedy aimed at digestive causes. It argues stopping the disease cause and aiding recovery may cure if successful, and that the product never harms.
Great Recommendation at Registry Office Scene
A Glasgow Evening Times excerpt portrays a dialogue where a registrar notes a woman’s small stature as both a drawback and a surprising advantage as a nurse. The manageress defends the choice, arguing the baby’s fall distance would be minimal if dropped.
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Registry Office
Glasgow Evening Times
Buckling Arnica Salve Advertised Cure
A colonial era style ad claims a gasoline stove caused a burn to a lady and that doctors failed to heal a running sore. Buckling Arnica Salve is said to cure wounds, cuts, corns, sores, bruises, and piles. Available for 25 cents at C. FY, Plandee's.
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N. Palmer
Kirkman
C. FY
Plandee's
Castoria and Wondered Recovery Across Suffering Woman
Mrs. L. Pease of Lawrence Kansas endured seven years of kidney trouble nervous prostration and general debility before three sessions of Electric Bitters restored her health in three months she feels like a new person Doctors warn against deceitful appearances while advertising mental states and illness details appear in the item within this brief notice.
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L. Pease
Lawrence Kan
C. F. Pfunder
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